Jinan Attractions

Jinan Introduction

Jinan, also called the "spring town" is the capital of Shandong Province, and is o­ne of the country's history and cultural cities announced by the State Council, also the province's political, economic, cultural, science and technology, education and financial centre. It’s the coastal open city and vice provincial city. Jinan has a complicated landform, the north is higher than the south, and generally can be divided into three zones; north to Yellow River, with the piedmont in the center and hills in the south. There are many rivers in Jinan, the two major river systems are Yellow River and Xiaoqing River. The others are Dasha River, Yufu River, Daming Lake, Baiyun Lake and so o­n. Jinan has more than 2000 year's history; it's an important cradle land of China national civilization. Shun, the president of primal tribe (22 centuries BC) is born here. At about 36°north latitude and 117°ea..